GRE Word List
AVOCATION
a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby
The meaning of the word avocation is a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby.
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| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
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| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |